China has strong hands on online piracy

The Chinese government has just signed a memorandum of understanding with four British and American industrial complexes to implement copyrighted content protection measures online in the country.

The above industrial complexes include: Motion Picture Association (USA); Business Software Alliance, Association of American Publishers and Publishers Association (UK).

According to the Chinese National Copyright Office, these organizations will provide the Chinese government with a list of products that need to be protected online, as well as information about copyright infringement cases to the authorities concerned. physical.

" China currently has the second largest Internet user in the world - 123 million (June 2006 statistics), second only to the US. Therefore, respect for copyright is very important. " remarks by Mr. Xu Chao, director of Copyright Department of China Copyright Office.

According to IDC's annual report, the software piracy rate in China in 2005 remained at 86%, causing losses of about $ 3 billion to the world software industry.